June 17

Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference in Austin yesterday to announce key components of the State of Texas' plan to build a border wall. This follows the Governor's Border Security Summit last week in Del Rio that worked on ways to secure the border and keep communities safe.

Congratulations to Susan Thibodeau! Hopefully, you are Susan's friend already because our guess is she has her list of who's coming to her house to visit online with Luke Bryan in the Luke Bryan in Your Living Room Contest.

Bowie County Emergency Operations Center reports a total of 214 positive COVID-19 cases, with 100 recoveries and 13 related deaths. Cass County has a total of 35 with 31 recoveries and 2 deaths. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice reports 1 active/positive case at the Barry B. Telford Unit. Miller County has 77 total cases, 18 active positive cases, 1550 negative results, 57 recovered, 2 deat

Day 4 for Venture Crew 3 would be a fairly easy day, or so we thought, turned out to be a day I'll never forget, and for all the right reasons. Hello Jim's Bucket List, today it's the Grand Canyon!

Once again Venture Crew 3 was up before the sun came over the mountains on the Rio Grande River near Taos, New Mexico, we're in for another long day of travel and sight-seeing before we reach today's destination in Flagstaff, Arizona. About an hour down the road from where camped is Sante Fe, we stopped there to top off our tanks, wee break of course, and to see this amazing staircase in a little